Megan T. - E. Asia -Thailand
Aja- Africa- Ethiopia
Meredyth-D.R. Congo
Jessica- Africa- Madagascar
Lianna- E. Asia- Japan
Megan- E. Asia- Vietnam
Jamie- N. C. Caribbean- Canada
Morgan- N. C. Caribbean- Cuba
Hailey- Oceania- Australia
Ross- Oceania- N. Zealand
Kate- Oceania- Philippines
Will- W. Europe- France
Cali- W. Europe- Ireland
Amelia- W. Europe- Italy
Taryn- S. America- Ecuador
Mara- M. East- Turkey
Sarah- S. America- Chile
Denzel- S. America- Peru
Dillon- Central Asia- Kazakhstan
Elena- M. East- Egypt
Natasha- E. Europe- Belarus
Jake- E. Europe- Lithuania

Current Events-
Aja- Nigeria- laying foundation for rail line- President Goodluck Johnathan- building infastructure
Megan T.- Thailiand- conflict- redshirts- last year- around Bangkok- Apr. 10, 2010
Meredyth- Kenya- food shortages- famine- kids dropping out of school so hungry- ministers more obsessed with photos than solutions- poor gov. planning
Lianna- N. Korea- leaders- Sep. 2010- biggest political conference in 30 yrs. securing support for son
Megan C.- 29th Jan. China- tough measures in economy- larger down payments on homes
Jessica- Nigeria- S.Court- March 1st re-evaluate governor election
Jamie-Mexico opposition party winning in elections- upheld
Morgan- Mexico- fed. police- La Barbie- drug trafficker
Hailey- Union members in Australia protester gay marriage- just approved
Kate- Philippines- Rodriguez- gang member- homicides-
Ross- N. Z. Movie for the Hobbit- cast list- will film there
Cali- Ireland- immigration reform 1965- act ended im. from Europe trying to fix it. after 9/11 stopped reform
Will- France- prosecutors- Paris former PM suspended jail sentence for DE Vilillepin
Amelia- sex scandal Italy Berlesconi- requesting confidence vote taxation powers on. P,M. for it - Pres. against it.
Taryn- S. America- Mexico- La Familia- religious following- very strict- 10,000 gang related deaths
Mara- Turkey watchtower- firebrigades- Bezar- light up different colors
Sarah- Brazil- organized crime drug gangs hijackers units pacifiers- biggest cocaine shipper to Europe
Elena- Iraq- 7 moths old- need to form a functioning governent with a vision to unify Sunnis and Shiiites
Dillon- Oct. Mayor of Moscow- fired by Medvedey - crossed federal local government lines
Denzel- Peru Sep. Lima election- candidates disqualified and fuerza social won
Natasha- Latvia- C. R. gov. brutal IMF and EU program economy shrank by 18%
Jake- Medvedev- Russia political stagnation-

Current Events-
Elena- Egypt- Mubarak stepped down peacefully Obama pleased- Iran applauded situation- putting down revolts in own country
Hailey- Aus- Tornadoes- more devastation
Taryn- Ecuador- judge - Chevron pay them $9b both sides to appeal - don't have to that unless US court backs them
Jessica- Dec. Walmart buying $2 in Africa taking over little shops people can't drive to Walmart- golden arches theory
Lianna-Japan and China dispute- sea - sept. Chinese fisherman boat trespassing hit Japanese boat- China rejected Clinton being mediator
Megan T.- history- Thailand- leader current- PM is getting Makabusha Buddha's first sermon on FEb 18th elephants migrating to India and kept captive-
Megan C.- Vietnam - US conflict pro US Vietnam soldier not allowed to be buried in Arlington- purple heart- starting a gang war in HMONG community
Aja- forest conservation in Uganda and Rwanda- tourism keeps their parks alive- $40 m annually not enough- unless more tourist visit not enough- losing wildlife- mountain gorillas
Jamie- American Express going to court- charges swipe fee
Morgan- Grenada- medical history- first total knee surgery- Dr. Dragon
Dillon- Kazakhstan state of emergency whole countryacts of violence Uzbek minority
Jake- Russia- speculation Putin will run for President in 2012 protesters arrested
Denzel- Haiti- election - irregularities- opened late- many people couldn't find them
Mara- June- Israel eased blockade of Gaza strip Netanyahu - worried about the weapons
Meredyth- Africa- Mid East plague- by ticks- 30% infected humans die Congo fever- animals seem to be the main source disease to man-
Sarah- Guatemala- bus driver shootings- gang problems- 400 people have died
Kate- house fires in the Philippines - smoking - bedrooms-
Cali- Ireland- Socialist party published manifesto- recession- EU bank bailout- tax superwealthy
Natasha- Germany- suspend military conscription from next July

2/21/11
Denzel- Brazil flooding
Megan T.- Thai stealing passports abroad for terrorists overseas
Lianna- Tourboat in Vietnam sunk 12 died out of 15 3 Americans- 2 died
Megan C.- Japan- 18th canceled whaling season environmentalists Whale wars victory! WIN!!!!!!!
Jake- Russia - Chechyna terrorists claimed responsibility for Moscow airport bombing
Italy- PM Berlusconi- underage girl involvement trial
Jamie- Canada- found four snowmobilers buried by avalanche only one alive
Sarah- Chile- 26 anniversary of earthquake trying to rebuild but many living in shacks
Kate- Southern Philippines- kidnap businessman bc he knew about Al Qaeda - 4 kidnappers killed
Aja- DRess designer - Ethiopia- political and financial unrest had to stay in US- will have show here
Elena- Protests- article country by country- sparked by Tunisia- rise in food prices- high unemployment- police corruption, abuse, Libya- Gaddafi aggressive- will die in office- blamed the uprising on rats- the UN involved- SC shut down air travel- in these countries these people have been in power forever
Natasha- Belarus- Pres, Lukashinko sworn in for reelection- been in office since 1994- protests against him- last dictator of Europe- putting all the protesters in jail EU freezing Belarus assets till prisoners are freed
Hailey- Australia- big mining boom- natural resources coal 50% since last decade- reserve bank gov.
earthquake in NZ- death toll around 100 in Christchurch
Cali- attempted bombing in Ireland- 30yr olds - child's bike- lure officers to it-
Jessica- 4 Americans found dead on hijacked yacht off coast of Oman by Somali pirates - missonaries
Meredyth- Nigeria- Goodluck Jonathan proposed a minimum wage bill and it passed
if N. African political strikes more important than Sub-Saharan - Congo and Namibia
Amelia- Libya- Italy's opinion they use a lot of their oil- Berlesconi- gas prices skyrocketing- immigration- refugees

2/28/11
Megan T. - bomb in S. Thailand- burned down dozen houses car bomb triggered it - was it linked to passports in spain?
Meredyth- Kenya- worldwide call for unity- rare gesture - citizens took a break - een drivers pulled over in Nairobi- grass roots effect in East Africa nations after disputed elections 5 years ago not an uprising - supporting people of Libya
Jessica- Kenya- 1/17 pledge $2m to Southern Sudan may result in independent Southern Sudan - sent primary school teachers
Aja- bric- Brazil, Russia, India, and China- economic summit- S. Africa is being invited- 1/4 size of Russia- more than $2.5 trillion in mineral then Russia, then Australia
Taryn- Ecuador- doctor- villages with large populations of people with dwarfism- missing gene that makes you grow - don't get cancer or diabetes- vaccine to make them grow
Sarah- Argentina- trial for military officers who stole babies (30 from prisoners of war)
Cali- Ireland- record of 566 candidates for elections today
Mara- Turkey- adding education options for gifted students (form 2.5- 3% of population)
Kate- Philippino workers scape from Libya
Hailey- Aus- found human remains across the highway within 400 meters of road
Dillon- Pres. candidate vows to finds husbands for single women in Kazakhstan 70 yrs. old - younger women come to his home dreaming of becoming his wife-
Elena- Libya- still bad no one knows what is going to happen b/s Libya doesn't a parliament, union, NGOs, only an oil company, there is really nothing to fall back on- afraid that this will be like Afghanistan and Somalia and radical groups will take over
Jamie- Canada- trying to evacuate Canadians from Libya sending planes- ship could take a week
Lianna- Japan- new budget bill- new PM presented plan for $1.3 trillion budget own lawmakers boycotted the vote- horrible approval rates in less than 1 year in office- boycott didn't stop the budget even if the other party blocks it
Megan C.- China's pollution overflow- economy minister- stern warning- threatening growth of country - National People's Congress- cut back on imports- Zhao Xeng Deng- 5 year plan- set up walking programs
- in a nod toward bureaucratic policies all leaders in all departments- in 2009 China's pollution in river's worse than grade 5- improve
Will- French news- January 5- attack on French emabassy Mali- Tunisian embassy attack - claimed to be member of Al Qaeda- broke out of jail- wounded 5- kidnapped 5 French one worked at a uranium mine- he's on the loose
Denzel- Peru- Central Bank- nueva Sol- 10 million (watch for single currency Latin America)
Amelia- Italy- issue with refugees from Libya in a year 300,000 from across the Med- many going over to democratic country- scared about another Al Qaeda situation

3/7/11
Denzel- Feb 23- Peru- first country to cut ties- suspended diplomatic relations with Libya- asked UN SC to have No fly zone
Sarah- Feb 16. operation Lion arc took place in Bolivia- 25 African lions were airlifted to Colorado to a lion dome habitat- new legislation about - Bob Barker- what Animal Defenders International
Megan T.- passports in Thailand- so many confidentiality clauses- won't tell public more information-
Thailand and Cambodia- truce between them over ancient temple- ASEAN- ambassador from Brazil- five people killed over this temple- (of doom?) International Court of Justice- Khmer - meant tit was Cambodian- then it was Vietnam and French- universal value-
Taryn- survey of Ecuadorian business execs- predicts poor results- US had trade agreement to stop drug trade - it just expired- really sad :(- good thing about the cure for cancer
Dillon- Kazakhstan - exciting upset the Czech rep. in tennis - yay!!!!
Jessica- Cynthia Koenig invented water wheel- huge barrel with things coming out to wheel water- to help women - 5 gallons weighs 45 lbs.- one reason for poor health in Africa- hard to transport water
Cali- peaceful protest in Ivory Coast- 6 women- killed sudden use of tanks
Jake- 2 - one for last week- July Lithuanian farmers protested needed more support for agriculture- need more money- spent for military-
:) sorta- Deputy S.C. USA in Europe impressed with Lithuania development- both can count on years of friendship
Jamie- Shariff Delaharrem- convicted of participating in a bomb plot- not denying that what he did was wrong- tried as a terrorist and believes that he should be tried as an extremists in Toronto- never intended to hurt anyone-
Meredyth- Ben Affleck- need more aid in DR Congo even after 2006 ellections- the problems - systematically raped- propsed action for US - support - monitor- aid for children and women- help them be able to fight foe themselves- Congolese woman says that there is nohing that anyone can do butthe Congolese people
Elena- Qaddafi says that if western nations create more no-fly zones- then all they care about is Libya's oil- this is going to be a UN decision- to be discussed on Thursday- already since the revolution 1,000 Libyan's have died, 212,000 people have fled the country
Amelia- Italy- Germany - 41 people arrested in crime crack down 'ndrangeta - caught crime boss- linked gang to global drug network,
Hailey- Prince William going to Australia visiting the flooded areas- Queensland- spark debate on whether
Morgan- Cuba- gov't allowing people to own private businesses- don't have much access tp
Kate-
Philippines: Indonesia and the Philippines signed a memorandum to improve intelligence-gathering and -sharing as well as training of security forces, and joint air and sea patrols to prevent a safe haven for terrorism.
Natasha- Belarus- exporting 500,000 tons of potatoes - planning to sell 35,000 hectares with buckwheat growing demand - will harvest corn and other products

3/16/11
Taryn- Ecuadorian VP disabled from robber shooting- increased budget for disabled care
Aja-Lake Chad shrinking- magic school- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/28/capetown.magic.children/index.html
Meredyth- women marching in protest on Int'l womens' Day Ivory coast- city Abidjan- Tuesday world to take note Pres. Gbagbo- denies forces behind killings
Elena- Libya Gaddafi - why we haven't started a no-fly zone- need to have UN cooperation
Hailey- Aus- shark attack Newcastle 1 pm today (in the future) Lisa did not die- bitten in head shoulder
Megan C. Man rescued in Japan Munami (it rhymes- weird) clinging on a door for days- elderly home- he found his daughter
Jessica-Rwanda- pledge to rescue the environment- land of a thousand hills (no longer hells) 2035-- reversal of pollution
Jake- March 3- economic minister- question for 1.5 hrs. for crimes gave document to gov. about corruption in opposition- he really didn't do anything corrupt- social dems and order and justice party- both parties are trying to get money- S.D.s apparently told him to take bribe- not sure what happened- "bear and honey" quote - resurrection party - then economic minister resigned- PM has no power to dismiss him
Megan T. International Relief- Thailand- in Japan- talking about how the earthquake- EU and IAEA have banned together- 12,000 dead/ missing
Kate- no quake damage in Philippines
Jamie- Canada- not evacuate citizens from Japan- to send planes specifically for them- bc Japan still has working plane system- many power black outs
Amelia- Italy wants to send troops want a democratic transition of government - Bahrain-

3/25
Jessica- US fighter crash in Libya
Lianna- us citizen - teacher from Chesterfield- tsunami victim
Megan- corruption in China- $30 m to blackmarket over railway
Dillon- Kazakhstan- pres. grandson joins football team
Taryn- Ecuadorian man in Mass- killed twp people= Ecuador killed two people-
Kate- rescue Philippinos
Mara- 2- Turkey- appointed as the protecting power for US in Libya- liaison- as a member of NATO
2- run out of resources to help - surgery w/o anesthesia in Libya- 109 people died in that hospital
Elena- military- some people mad at the allies just trying to kill Gaddafi - 48 civilians have died from the alled attacks- in Egypt chanting - down with the USA, and Gaddafi unknown wherabouts
Jake- Villnius- Feb. 16 pres.and Polish pres. celebrated Lithuanian independence- saddened by death of greatest poet in the country- twice restoration of independence of both countries
Sarah- 2 treaty with Japan about nuclear power but changed after tsunami and nuke disaster
and 2- Chilean man- 82 tattoos of julia roberts
Natasha- 2 Belarus- ruble weakened- central bank reserves weakened- Lukashenko- he is too relaxed about it- IMF urging them to make changes-
2- EU- foreign ministers- extend a hand to Belarusians to get rid pf pres. names of 19 officials will be published- b/c they are basically being put on trail
Denzel- Peru- they are doing very well- maintain their growth rate- GDP up - 2) signed free trade agreement with Mexico- benefit them international talks
Will- bombing on Libya started - British and US- French were First
Meredyth-

Southern Sudan homecoming brings new problems

Megan T. - Thai PM survived no confidence vote


3/30/2011
Taryn- suing pres in Ecuador- current president can't be charged for wrong doing- still recovering from Exxon probems-
Cali- Obama touring Ireland- he won't got o N. Ireland- cause he hasn't been to London yet
Jessica- Somali prates took over military boat and decided to return it
Meredyth- elections in Ivory Coast- AU - ex pres Gbago refused to sit for re-election - ex- FMinister- chose him to help mediate- Obama - if Gbago doesn't step down- then there will be more trouble- UN going to do something thorough SC
Elena- Libya- still going on-